Shirts?

[vincev33]

My wife is looking to make tye dye shirts for our upcoming trip and she is looking for a large mickey stencil for the middle of the shirt. Anyone know where is a good place to start looking for stencils to print out?
THank you!

 

[PinballFamily]

Are you trying to make the tie-dye shirts with the Mickey Mouse heads described on the DIS Arts and Crafts forum? (Where the Mickey is basted with dental floss around the perimeter....)

We just made a bunch of these last week - and they turned out great! We used a Cricut cutout of the Mickey head from the Mickey font cartridge cut at 9.5". If you don't have access to a Cricut, you could just trace a dinnerplate and two cups (for the ears) to get the general shape and size you need.

If you are looking for more of a silhouette of Mickey, you might try googling "Disney coloring book pages" - there are a bazillion images on there you can look through and find/print what you are looking for.

Good luck!

 

[morgansmom2000]

Pam I want to see your shirts! I'm planning on making them too, and I need tips!

 

[PinballFamily]

See if we can get to it today, otherwise, we'll send you pix later.

They did turn out great - use dental floss (ask D about the minty goodness!), and pull the floss firmly when tying the MM head off. (We couldn't get a finger into the bottom of it - you'll see - when we finished.) That's how tight we made it. We also used waxed paper to separate/then wrap the MM head from the rest of the shirt.

The directions on that t-shirt thread are pretty good and we followed them closely. And I hear you are using the good Procion dyes from Dharma - they are wonderful - very vibrant.

 

[morgansmom2000]

Thanks for the tips. Yes, I am using the good dyes...Did Rhonda get hers?

 

[TinkerBean]

Nope - Not yet - a certain someone spent *days* obsessing on what colours (yes I spelled that correctly c.o.l.o.u.r.s.) to get - they should be here in a few days. We will be dyeing next week...

 

[morgansmom2000]

Nope - Not yet - a certain someone spent *days* obsessing on what colours (yes I spelled that correctly c.o.l.o.u.r.s.) to get - they should be here in a few days. We will be dyeing next week...

Can't wait to see how they come out!

 

[party of 3]

I'd love to make some of these.

 

[morgansmom2000]

I'd love to make some of these.

I've got the dyes, just get some 100% cotton shirts and we can do it together!

 

[party of 3]

Great. Do i wash them first?

 

[morgansmom2000]

You know, I don't know...It'll be a couple weeks until I'm ready. Still looking for shirts in my size...